Traverse guide and thread cleaner



June 9, 1925. 1,541,721

D. LEWIS TRAVEHSE GUIDE AND THREAD CLEANER Filed May 20. 1924 /NVENTH zc v er Tg .lateni June Q, i925.

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lie it 'lmownwthat l, Devin intuire, a c`iti- Zen ot the United States, and a resident of Scranton, `in the `county ci' Laclrawanna and State oil' Pennsylvania, have invented anew and Improved Traverse Guide and rll-nead @lea-ner, ot which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention lrelates to thread 4guides Jroi' spooling and winding machines and has lor an Vobject `to provide an iniproved const-ruction oit guide adapted to be mounted on the traverse bar of the machine, the construction being such that the thread is not only properly guided but large linots and waste are removed.

Another object ot the linvention is to provide a guide in which adjustable blades are presented tor regulating in a certain sense the size oit the thread or yarn passed therebetween. c

A still further object, more specifically, to provide a traverse guide for sill thread or yarn wherein the saine is caused to pass over porcelain rolls or bars and between blades having square corners which act as cleaning members.

ln the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a top plan view oi a guide disclosing an embodiment of the invention, the saine being shown on an enlarged scale and in connection with part ot a traverse bar.

Figure 2 is a side view of the structure shown in Figure 1. t

Figure El is a sectional view through Fig ure l, approximately on line Figure 4 is a sectional view through Fig ure 1, approximately on line 4h45 l Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates the traverse bar of a machine which is ot the usual construction and 2 indicates the body of the guide, which body is provided with thickened enlarged members 3 and l. The body 2 is provided with a groove 5 whereby the same may straddle and properly rest on the bar 1. A, groove 6 is provided in the upper part of the body 2 and extends the fulll length ot the body except at the center where the body is cut away down to a line with or below the groove. rPhe body t2 and the members 3 and 4 are preferably formed of aluminum because oi the lightness thereof though these parts could be formed of any desired metal. However, it will, of course, be noted that aluminum `is comparatively soit and the l screws may be tightened 1924-. Serial No. 7l4,647.

thread or'yain passingl t'hereover would soon cutfinto ythe body 2. To obviate or prevent this, rol-ls or bars 7 and 8 oi porcelain are provided, said bars guiding the thread Jso that the `saine 4will not touch either the body 2 or the members 3 and d. A pair of clean ing blades 9 and 10 are mounted in the members and 4f and extend downwardly into the groove 56. rihese -inembers are preferably beveled er chamtered oil at points 11 and 12 and are normally Vppsitioned nea-r each other-as shown in Figure 2. It will be noted that an aperture 13 "is arranged in each of the blades 9 and 10 4whereby they may be readily adjusted toward and other notwithstanding the fact that the lillister head screws 14- and 15 extends tl1erethrough. Av suitable soclret 16 is provided in each oit the head screws, said sockets being formed to receive a wrench whereby these at any time Vfor drawing the biturcated upper part of mem bers 3 and 4 toward each otherI and thereby gripping or clamping the blades in position. In order to positively lock these blades against accidental shifting, suitable set screws 17 and 18 are provided, said set screws being formed with sockets 19 formed to receive a wrench of a special structure whereby the device is made substantially tamper-proof. By providing clamping means of this kind, it would be impossible to separate the blades without releasing the set screws and also the lillister head screws and in order to do this a proper wrench is essential.. This is important in that it permits a foreman or head workman to set the blades and at the same time prevents other workmen from changing the blades in order to allow the yarn to run more smoothly. It the blades were changed the size and character of the yarn would be consequently varied and the standard output would be lowered.

l/Vhat I claim is:

1. A thread guide for spooling and wind ing machines, comprising a body adapted to tit on the traverse bar of the machine, said body having a pair o1 spaced upstanding members, said members being bi'liurcated, the opening between said members extending downwardly into saidv body, said body having a slot in the upper part registering with said opening, a 'pair of cleaning blades mounted in said opening, means for clampsaid blades rigidly in place, said blades Y from each being` adjustable toward and from each other, and a porcelain bar arranged on each side of said body and in such a position as to receive and guide the silk passed between said blades. Y

2. A thread guide for spooling and Winding machines, comprising a body provided with a pair of spaced upsta-nding members, said upstanding members being slotted, a blade arranged in each of said upstanding members, each oit said blades having a large aperture therein, a screw carried by each of said upstanding members, said screws eX tending through the apertures in the respective blades for pulling the parts ot said upstanding members together and thereby clamping said blades in different adjusted positions to vary the opening therebetween, and a wearing member carried by said body on each side of the body and in line with the opening between said blades.

3. A thread guide for spooling and winding machines, comprising a. body formed with a groove in the lower face for littiug the traverse bar of the winding machine, said body having aslot in the upper edge extending from one end to the other, a pair or" cleaning plates positioned so as to extend into said slot, a plurality of clamping members for rigidly clamping said plates in different adjusted positions, and porcelain members carried by the body on opposite sides oi said plates and in line with the opening therebetween.

4f. A thread guide for spooling and winding machines, comprising a pair of slotted supports, a cleaning and guiding plate mounted in each of the slots of said slotted supports, said plates being adjustable toward and from each other, means or locking said plates in different adjusted positions, and a porcelain member ou opposite sides of said supports arranged in line with the opening between said plates.

DAVID LEVIS. 

